Cormocyon Temporal range:
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Cormocyon leptodus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Borophaginae |
Tribe: | † Borophagini |
Genus: | †
Cormocyon Wang and Tedford, 1992 |
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Range of Cormocyon based on fossil distribution |
Cormocyon is an extinct genus of borophagine canid native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 30.8—20.6 Mya, existing for about 10.2 million years. [1] It is regarded as a primitive, transitional member of the Borophagini tribe. [2]
Cormocyon Temporal range:
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Cormocyon leptodus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | † Borophaginae |
Tribe: | † Borophagini |
Genus: | †
Cormocyon Wang and Tedford, 1992 |
Species | |
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Range of Cormocyon based on fossil distribution |
Cormocyon is an extinct genus of borophagine canid native to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 30.8—20.6 Mya, existing for about 10.2 million years. [1] It is regarded as a primitive, transitional member of the Borophagini tribe. [2]